Krisztofer Mészáros

Krisztofer Mészáros (born 5 September 2001) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast. He is the 2025 European all-around bronze medalist. At the 2022 European Championships, he won the silver medal on floor exercise and was Hungary's first European silver medalist on that apparatus. He won a bronze medal with the Hungarian team at the 2020 European Championships. He represented Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he finished 9th in the individual all-around final.

Gymnastics career Mészáros followed his sister into gymnastics, and he was inspired by watching Krisztián Berki win Olympic gold in 2012. At the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival, he finished eighth in the floor exercise final and 24th in the all-around. He then won three silver medals at the 2017 Olympic Hopes Cup- on floor exercise, pommel horse, and still rings. He finished 14th in the all-around and seventh on the pommel horse at the 2018 European Junior Championships.

Senior 2019–2021 Mészáros began competing in senior international competitions in 2019. He competed at the 2019 European and 2019 World Championships but did not qualify for any finals. At the 2020 European Championships, he helped the Hungarian team win the bronze medal behind Ukraine and Turkey. In the event finals, he finished sixth on floor exercise and pommel horse and fifth on parallel bars.

Mészáros won his first FIG World Cup medal at the Osijek World Challenge Cup with a bronze on the pommel horse. He then qualified for the all-around final at the 2021 World Championships- the first Hungarian gymnast to do so since 1999 - and finished 14th.

2022 Mészáros began the 2022 season at the Osijek World Challenge Cup, finishing eighth on floor exercise, fourth on pommel horse, and fifth on parallel bars. Then at the Koper World Challenge Cup, he won the bronze medal on the pommel horse. He helped the Hungarian team finished sixth at the 2022 European Championships, and he finished sixth in the all-around. In the floor exercise final, he won the silver medal behind the defending Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat. This marked the first time a Hungarian gymnast won a European silver medal on floor exercise, after Róbert Gál and György Guczoghy won bronze medals on the event. At the Szombathely World Challenge Cup, Mészáros won his first FIG World Cup title on the horizontal bar. Then at the World Championships, he once again finished 14th in the all-around final.

2023 Mészáros finished 17th in the all-around final and fifth in the horizontal bar final at the 2023 European Championships. He won four medals at the 2023 Tel Aviv World Challenge Cup- gold on floor exercise and vault and silver on pommel horse and parallel bars- making him the most decorated gymnast of the event. Then at the Osijek World Challenge Cup, he won the bronze medal on floor exercise. He then won three medals at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup- gold on floor exercise, silver on parallel bars, and bronze on horizontal bar. At the end of the World Challenge Cup series, he was ranked first on parallel bars and top five on every event besides still rings. Mészáros finished 18th all-around in the qualification round of the 2023 World Championships. As one of the top eight gymnasts not from a country that qualified a full team, he earned an individual quota for the 2024 Olympic Games. He finished 11th in the all-around final with a total score of 81.665.

Competitive history

+Competitive history of Krisztofer Mészáros at the junior levelYearEvent 2015 Olympic Hopes Cup 4 18 2016 Junior European Championships 8 Olympic Hopes Cup 4 5 7 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival 24 8 Olympic Hopes Cup 8 2018 International Junior Team Cup 6 7 6 Budapest Men's Friendly Junior European Championships 10 14 7 Hungarian Master Championships 4

+Competitive history of Krisztofer Mészáros at the senior levelYearEvent 2019 Osijek World Challenge Cup 8 European Championships 51 Koper World Challenge Cup R2 Szombathely World Challenge Cup 6 World Championships 71 Hungarian Master Championships 4 2020 Szombathely World Challenge Cup 6 8 Hungarian Championships 4 Hungarian Master Championships European Championships 6 6 5 2021Hungarian Super Team Championships European Championships 32 Varna World Challenge Cup 7 4 Osijek World Challenge Cup 4 Koper World Challenge Cup 6 Mersin World Challenge Cup 5 6 Hungarian Grand Prix 7 Hungarian Championships World Championships 14 2022 Osijek World Challenge Cup 8 4 5 Koper World Challenge Cup European Championships 6 6 Hungarian Championships Szombathely World Challenge Cup 9 11 World Championships 12 14 Hungarian Master Championships 6 2023 Hungarian Apparatus Championships European Championships 10 17 5 Tel Aviv World Challenge Cup 4 Osijek World Challenge Cup 6 5 Hungarian Championships Mersin World Challenge Cup 6 5 Szombathely World Challenge Cup 6 World Championships 20 11 2024 Varna Challenge Cup Koper Challenge Cup 7 7 Osijek Challenge Cup 6 8 European Championships 5 Olympic Games 9 Szombathely Challenge Cup 2025 Osijek World Cup European Championships 6 Szombathely World Challenge Cup World Championships 8 7 2026 European Championships 8 13 7